Improvement in shoe-fastenings



C. M AYREIS.

s1: DYE-FASTENING.

No. 175,367. Emma.- march 28;, 1876.

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N PEIERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, D. C. I

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

IMPROVEMENT IN SHOE-FASTENll VGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 175,367, dated March28, 1876; application file January 29, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it-kIlOWll that I, CONRAD MAYREIS, of Beardstown, in the county ofCass and State of Illinois, have invented a new and ImprovedShoe-Fastening, of which the following is a specification:

My invention consists of a fine wire fast- -ened at the ends, and one ortwo intermediate points to the shoe, one on each side of the slit, withmetal fastening-clasps on the lower portions of the'wires and metal andrubber, or other elastic clasps on the upper portion, making a simplerand less laborious fastening to operate, than the t'aste-nings now inuse.

Figure 1 is a top view of a shoe, having my improved fastening. Fig. 2is a section on line a; m, and Fig. 3 is a section on line z y.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the wires which are fastened to the parts B of the shoe atO. D represents the metal clasps to the lower part, and E the elasticclasps to the upper part, said clasps bedown as far as they will go,when they disconnect easier. c

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Paten t- The combination of wires A and clasps D and E, witha shoe, for the purpose of fastening it, substantially as specified.

CONRAD MAYREIS. Witnesses JOHN R. DUTcH, WALTER S. REARIOK.

